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ATHENS - Kirby Smart and No. 4 UGA football won a sloppy game on Saturday vs. Austin Peay.
*Winning Between The Hedges: Fourth-ranked Georgia (2-0) extended its home winning streak to 33 games today with a 28-6 victory over Austin Peay (1-1). That is the longest active streak in the FBS. The NCAA record belongs to Miami (58 from 1985-94) while Alabama has the SEC mark at 57 (1963-82). The Bulldogs are 52-4 at home in the Kirby Smart era
*Summary Of The Offense: Georgia tallied 421 yards of offense (190-rushing, 231-passing) in a 28-6 win including a 99-yard TD drive.
*Redshirt junior QB Gunner Stockton completed his first 10 passes today and finished 26-for-34 for 227 yards and no TDs plus had 13 rushing yards on five carries. In the first half, he was 17-for-21 for 139 yards with no TDs.
*On its first possession of the 2nd half, Georgia compiled a 60-yard TD drive on seven plays in 2:41 to take a 21-3 lead. The drive was capped by a 14-yard run by Chauncey Bowens, his second TD of the afternoon. He finished with a career-high 56 yards on 11 carries.
*In the first half, the Bulldogs tallied 229 yards of offense (90-rushing, 139-passing) on 41 plays to jump out to a 14-3 half-time lead. The half ended with AP making a goal line stand as the Bulldogs were stopped four times from the one.
*Georgia won the toss, took the football and gained 28 yards on four plays before the drive ended on a fumble.
*The second drive resulted in a TD and covered 80 yards in 10 plays. Chauncey Bowens (2-yard rush) notched his first career TD..
*The leading rusher was sophomore Nate Frazier with 69 yards on 14 carries with two TDs. He finished a nine play, 56-yard drive early in the second quarter for a 14-0 lead. Dwight Phillips, Jr. had 55 yards on seven carries.
*Senior Colbie Young led the team with seven catches for 76 yards while junior London Humphreys was next with three for 29 yards..
*On the final play of the first half, freshman TE Ethan Barbour injured his left leg and did not return to the game.
*Going A Record Distance: For the first time since 2022, Georgia tied a school record for longest TD drive, going 99 yards on 17 plays in 8:43. The last time the Bulldogs had a 99-yard TD drive was in 2022 against Ga. Tech. The TD-drive of 8:43 today was the second longest in school history, the record is 8:45 (1998 vs. Tennessee, 19 plays, 87 yards). Nate Frazier scored from one yard out to finish today’s long drive and make it 28-6. Georgia’s other 99-yard TD drives came in 1983 (vs Florida in Jacksonville), 2000 (Tennessee in Athens), 2001 (Arkansas State in Athens), 2008 (Central Michigan in Athens), 2011 (at Ole Miss), 2022 (Ga. Tech in Athens).
*Defensive Review: The Bulldogs held the Govs to a pair of field goals. AP finished with 196 yards on 51 plays (45-rush, 151-passing).
*Georgia had a goal line stand early in the 4th quarter with a 21-6 lead. Raylen Wilson made the 4th down stop on a shovel pass at the 1.
*The Govs managed just three points off two Bulldog turnovers. With 7:48 left in the 3rd quarter, AP (Davion Hood) recovered a fumble at the UGA 31. It led to a 43-yard field goal to make it 21-6.
*In the first half, Austin Peay was held to three points, tallying 80 yards of total offense (11-rush, 69-pass) on 22 plays.
*The Govs hit a 44-yard field goal (Carson Smith) with 9:08 left in the first half to cut it to 14-3.
*The first drive of the day for AP resulted in a three-and-out after gaining seven yards. The Govs got the ball after a Bulldog fumble. In the first quarter, AP had six total yards on six plays.
*Juniors CJ Allen and Raylen Wilson led the team in tackles with seven each. Allen had 1.5 TFL and his first sack of the year.
*Sophomore Chris Cole notched his first career sack while Ellis Robinson IV snagged his first career interception at the AP39.
*Checking In On Special Teams: Junior PK Peyton Woodring tallied four points (4 PATs) plus took care of the kickoffs.
*All-America punter Brett Thorson made his 2025 debut. He had three punts for a 44.3 average with no returns. His second punt was caught by senior Cash Jones at the AP 4 with 3:08 left in the first half. Last week in the opener against Marshall, Drew Miller handled the punting as Thorson still was recovering from knee surgery that ended his 2024 season.
*Junior Zachariah Branch had one punt return for nine yards.
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*Captains, Coin Toss And For Starters: Georgia’s captains were Gunner Stockton, Colbie Young, KJ Bolden and Raylen Wilson.
*Georgia won the toss and elected to receive. The first drive ended with a Nate Frazier fumble at the AP 47. It did not lead to any points. Before today, the last time Georgia won the toss and took the ball was in 2023 (Ball State). That drive ended with a missed field goal.
*Sophomore Jahzare Jackson (RT) and redshirt freshman Michael Uini (RG) made their first career start while senior Daylen Everette RCB) returned to his starting spot after missing the opener due to injury. Everette had started 28 straight games before missing last week.
*During halftime, lightning was detected within eight miles of the stadium so per SEC policy, the game went into a delay. With a normal halftime, play should have resumed at 4:16 but actually the game restarted at 6:02, meaning the total delay was one hour and 46 minutes.
*Up Next: No. 4 Georgia (2-0) faces No. 22 Tennessee (2-0) in Knoxville for its SEC opener Saturday, Sept. 13 at 3:30 p.m. (ABC).
